CHICAGO Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – The game plan against Nikolai Khabibulin is to shoot high – and the Nashville Predators executed it almost perfectly. Steve Sullivan and Yanic Perreault each had a goal and an assist, rookie defenseman Ryan Suter…

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – There will be only one brother act in the Pro Bowl this season: the Barbers. The Mannings? Only Peyton made it, hardly a surprise because brother Eli has had a very up-and-down second season with the…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – Miami safety Lance Schulters has every intention of proving to his ex-employers that they gave up on him too quickly. Schulters had an injury to his left foot last season, which limited him to…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – Tennessee defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch is second in the NFL with a career-high 12 1/2 sacks, and linebacker Keith Bulluck led his position for a second straight year in fan voting. On Wednesday,…

SEATTLE Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – For Microsoft Corp., 2005 was the year the big bad Web came calling. Again. A decade after Microsoft counterattacked to beat Netscape in the Web browser wars, the company finds itself surrounded yet again by…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Vought Aircraft Industries will keep its Nashville plant open rather than closing it and shifting the work to Dallas as announced in 2004. Vought spokeswoman Lynne Warne said company officials decided keeping the plant…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – New home construction unexpectedly increased in November at the fastest pace in seven months in what could be a final flourish for the nation’s 5-year-old housing boom. The Commerce Department reported that construction activity rose…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – Those annoying “spam” e-mails for Viagra or low-rate mortgages that clog computer users’ mailboxes appear to be on the decline, federal regulators said Tuesday. In a report to Congress, the Federal Trade Commission said the…

SAN FRANCISCO Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. – America Online on Tuesday agreed to sell a 5 percent stake to Google Inc. in a $1 billion deal that deepens the ties binding two of the Web’s most popular sites while thwarting Microsoft…

Darrell Moore displays a sample of the screened or glassed-in rooms Warren Aluminum can install on any home. The rooms provide an outdoor experience while protecting against the weather or flying insects. (Charles W. Johnson photos) Want to make the exterior of your house look like new and virtually eliminate painting and maintenance? Want to…